The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
4:34 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 833
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 22.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.35° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.38° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.